Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:24:28 +1000 From: "Ivan Carey" <icarey@bigpond.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: how to use fixit to recover 4.3 to 4.6 upgrade Message-ID: <012e01c21e53$505b3a30$0201a8c0@ivan>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I tried to upgrade from freebsd4.3 to freebsd 4.6. all was going well. I pressed some wrong keys and thought I would be able to start the process again, but alas I am no nonger able to boot up. Firstly I received a message: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for /dev/ttyv0: no such file or directory Following an artilce from OReilly Information\BSD Tricks Unprepared Disaster Recovery\1.htm I proceeded to use the fixit disk. when you firstly use the fixit disk you get an instruction: recommend symlinking /mnt/etc/group and /mnt/etc/*pwd.db to /etc. This did not work as I get /mnt/etc/group not found. Following the article I tried to reinstall 4.3 over the top of the existing partitions no I get a message at boot up:init can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Device not configured. How do I use the fixit floopy to correct these problems or do I delete all partitions and start again and then download the latest release 4.6 and makeworld again? Thanks, Ivan [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried to upgrade from freebsd4.3 to freebsd 4.6.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>all was going well. I pressed some wrong keys and thought I would be able to start the process again, but alas I am no nonger able to boot up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Firstly I received a message: <FONT face="Courier New" size=3>can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for /dev/ttyv0: no such file or directory</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Following an artilce from OReilly Information\BSD Tricks Unprepared Disaster Recovery\1.htm I proceeded to use the fixit disk.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>when you firstly use the fixit disk you get an instruction: <FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">recommend symlinking </FONT><CODE><FONT face=Courier color=#003366>/mnt/etc/group</FONT></CODE><FONT face="Times New Roman"> and </FONT><CODE><FONT face=Courier color=#003366>/mnt/etc/*pwd.db</FONT></CODE><FONT face="Times New Roman"> to </FONT><CODE><FONT face=Courier color=#003366>/etc.</FONT></CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>This did not work as I get <FONT face=Courier>/mnt/etc/group not found.</FONT></CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>Following the article I tried to reinstall 4.3 over the top of the existing partitions no I get a message at boot up:init can't get /dev/console for controlling terminal: Device not configured.</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>How do I use the fixit floopy to correct these problems or do I delete all partitions and start again and then download the latest release 4.6 and makeworld again?</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE></CODE></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>Thanks,</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Courier color=#003366 size=3><CODE>Ivan</CODE></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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